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Rethinking International Protection: The Sovereign, the State, the Refugee
Raffaela Puggioni
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Description for Rethinking International Protection: The Sovereign, the State, the Refugee
Hardback. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 452.
This book provides a critical account of the concept of international protection. The author questions the boundaries between protection and assistance, and challenges the dominant focus on state sovereignty. Drawing upon a broad range of sources, she scrutinises the central role played by the state in providing legal, social and economic protection, which entails positive obligations upon the state. Protection, in this context, does not simply mean protection from persecution, threats, and sustained violence, but emancipation. By focusing on the local and national contexts wherein protection is enacted, created and also contested, she combines the politics of protection with the ... Read more
This book provides a critical account of the concept of international protection. The author questions the boundaries between protection and assistance, and challenges the dominant focus on state sovereignty. Drawing upon a broad range of sources, she scrutinises the central role played by the state in providing legal, social and economic protection, which entails positive obligations upon the state. Protection, in this context, does not simply mean protection from persecution, threats, and sustained violence, but emancipation. By focusing on the local and national contexts wherein protection is enacted, created and also contested, she combines the politics of protection with the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137483096
SKU
V9781137483096
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99-15
About Raffaela Puggioni
Raffaela Puggioni is Assistant Professor of International Relations at ADA University, Azerbaijan.
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